[shot-guhn] 
noun, adjective, verb, -gunned, -gun⋅ning.| 1. | a smoothbore gun for firing small shot to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals. |
| 2. | Football. an offensive formation, designed primarily for passing situations, in which the backfield is spread out with the quarterback positioned a few yards behind the center and the other backs, as potential pass receivers, positioned as slotbacks or flankers. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, used in, or carried out with a shotgun: a shotgun murder; shotgun pellets. |
| 4. | covering a wide area in an irregularly effective manner without concern for details or particulars; tending to be all-inclusive, nonselective, and haphazard; indiscriminate in choice and indifferent to specific results: He favored the shotgun approach in his political attacks. |
| 5. | seeking a desired result through the use or inclusion of a wide variety of elements. |
| 6. | having all the rooms opening one into the next in a line from front to back: shotgun apartment; shotgun cottage. |
| 7. | gained or characterized by coercive methods. |
| 8. | to fire a shotgun at. |
| 9. | ride shotgun,
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| shot·gun (shŏt'gŭn') n.
To shoot at with a shotgun. |
